Round 2: Tossup 12
One composer from this modern-day country used his technique of micro·polyphony in his Atmosphères (“at-moss-FAIR”) and Lux aeterna. A composer from this country included three “seduction games” in his ballet The Miraculous Mandarin. A composer from this country wrote a G sharp minor piano étude (“AY-tude”) inspired by Niccolò Paganini. Two bassoons play a sixth apart in the “Game of Pairs” movement of a Concerto for Orchestra by a composer from this country. Fans of one composer from this country went into a “mania” during his performances; that composer wrote a set of nineteen “Rhapsodies” named after this country. For 10 points, name this home country of Franz Liszt (“list”) and Béla Bartók. ■END■
ANSWER: Hungary [or Magyarország; accept Austria-Hungary; accept Austro-Hungarian Empire; accept Hungarian Rhapsodies] (The composer in the first line is György Ligeti.)
<Editors, Classical Music> | Packet C
= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | TUH | Conv. % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | 5 | 80% | 40% | 82.25 |
| UK (South) | UK | 8 | 100% | 13% | 88.38 |
| Northern California | US | 4 | 100% | 25% | 87.00 |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | 4 | 75% | 25% | 77.33 |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | 9 | 89% | 44% | 87.38 |
| Florida | US | 4 | 100% | 25% | 74.00 |
| Great Lakes | US | 10 | 100% | 20% | 60.20 |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 44% | 82.63 |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | 9 | 89% | 56% | 84.50 |
| Midwest | US | 10 | 90% | 10% | 51.78 |
| North | US | 4 | 75% | 25% | 75.00 |
| Northeast | US | 11 | 91% | 45% | 83.20 |
| South Central | US | 6 | 83% | 33% | 76.80 |
| Southeast | US | 12 | 83% | 33% | 69.70 |
| Upstate NY | US | 5 | 80% | 60% | 109.75 |